On this day: December 9

2012: Mexican-American singer-songwriter and producer Jenni Rivera, dies at age 43 along with six others in a plane crash near Iturbide, Nuevo León, Mexico. The Latin Grammy-winner scored her first No. 1 album on the U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums chart with her 10th studio album, 2008's "Jenni," and during her career sold more than 1 million albums in America alone.

The first traffic lights are installed, the first Heisman Trophy is awarded, The Supremes' debut album is released, the computer mouse makes its debut, and The Jacksons play their last show, all on this day.